Curfew protesters in Rotterdam clash with police

Groups of people confronted police in Dutch towns on Monday night, defying the country's coronavirus curfew. Footage from Rotterdam showed fires, and broken windows in several shops, a fast food restaurant and a tram station. Police in the port city used a water cannon and tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd of rioters who also looted shops.

Police and local media also reported trouble in the capital, Amsterdam, where at least eight people were arrested and Haarlem, where vandals set a large fire in a street, and other towns before and after the 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. curfew began. It was the second night of unrest in towns and cities across the Netherlands that initially grew out of calls to protest against the country's tough lockdown. The Netherlands has seen over 13,600 confirmed virus deaths during the pandemic.